Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1950 — Page 22

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Our Schools Change Pilots

VIRGIL STINEBAUGH, retiring as superintendent, this week handed the Board of School Commissioners a rather detailed report on our city school system. It is worth careful reading. With a modesty characteristic of thé man himself, the report gives most of the credit for what has been accomplished to the teaching and administrative staffs who have worked with him during the six-and-a-half years he has served as superintendent. But no matter how it is divided there seems to be credit enough for all. = Clearly our schools have progressed with the-vity and with the times, both in policies and in physical equipment. The city still needs more new buildings, and those needs have been carefully analyzed against the time when they can be fully met. Kindergarten training has been tremenduously expanded, summer school training was provided for 16,000 pupils this past summer, and transportation improved. Curricula have been evaluated and brought up-to-date with emphasis on the training of pupils to be citizens. Working conditions for school employees have been made better, and equipment more nearly adequate.

” ” . - . ” ONE of the biggest school tasks ‘of -our--generation . . . the ending of »J years of racial segregation . .. is

being accomplished virtually without friction. In spite of rapid growth of the city, and of the school pupil population, the ratio of teachers to pupils has remained among the highest for cities of our size. " All in all it is a good report, of which the retiring superintendent and every citizen of Indianapolis can be justly proud. Mr. Stinebaugh is turning -the biggest business in town over to his successor in good order at the close of this school week. - 8 =» . ” ” . MR. STINEBAUGH has served this school system for nearly 20 years. As he relinquished the top command he advised the Board of his willingness to continue to serve in a less exacting capacity if the Board wished him to do so. . It seems to us there should be no question about that. We are quite sure that not only the Board, but the people of Indianapolis feel the same way about it.

General Without Army

(CHAIRMAN CONNALLY of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the time has come for the United States “to put the pressure and the heat” on Western Europe for far greater exertions in remobilization of the West. * Unless the nations of Western Europe do their utmost

for themselves they cannot expect the United States to

help defend them, he added. This timely warning should not pass unheeded in London, Paris, Brussels, The Hague, Oslo and Copenhagen. Congress can apply “the pressure and the heat” by stopping the flow of American assistance to Western Europe. And there will be little reason to continue that assistance if our ‘European Allies are unwilling to assume their share of the ’ # . ”» » . . THE announcement just issued by the North Atlantic Council of an agreement to form a unified force for defense of Western Europe added only a few words and no actual substance to the Council's similar agreement in London last May. : Special stress was placed on a provision for a supreme commander, supported by an international staff, and the explanation that this would be an enlarged version of the - supreme headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, which Gen. Eisenhower headed in World War IL But enlarged for what purpose? Gen. Eisenhower had 90 divisions on the Western front. tions do not now have 15 divisions to serve under the supreme commander they plan to select. There was not a word in the announcement as to the number of divisions each member is expected to contribute. Until there is a firm understanding on that point, with legislation and money to back it up, it is idle to talk about a commander; because. he would have almost nothing to

command. . - - - » » .

~ WHENEVER the North Atlantic Council discusses manpower it walks around in circles and comes out just where it started. Each time the question is raised, the French and British foreign ministers plead for postponement, because of some delicate political situation at home. Secretary of State Acheson obligingly drops the issue until the next meeting, and at the next meeting it is given ‘the same old run-around. Trew The time has come to apply the heat and get this pro- . gram off the dead-center where the niceties of diplomacy are stalling it. :

First Peace Bid

vi » «7 HE Korean Reds apparently are putting out peace feel: ers—unofficial overtures of the kind that usually precede a formal cessation of fighting. The reported terms of the proposal said to have been sent for forwarding to India's ambassador at Peking, the Chinese Communists’ capital, are, to be sure, unrealistic. ~- These terms, if accurately stated, represent the Reds’ asking price, the sort of settlement they would like to get. They may be expected to settle for much less, if not now, ~~ then soon. Armistice conditions are not dictated by theBut a United Nations victory in Korea, welcome as it will be, will not assure world peace. Only a rapid mobili- __ zation of America’s and the free world’s strength—strength sufficient to convince the Kremlin that other adventures of this kind would have the same ending—can do that. ... That mobilization should be speeded up, not slowed

down, when fighting stops in Korea. ~.. We owe it to the brave men who have died supporting e cause of peace to follow through and consolidate the

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CAMPAIGN DRIVE . .

. By Marshall McNeil

Barkley Sparks Democrats’ Drive

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29—To ward off disaster, Democrats have called on their old warhorse, Alben Barkley, as well as one of their smartest Senate operators, to guide them through this crucial campaign. It is not enough that the harried Democrats are confronted for the first time in a generation with a campaign featuring foreign policy as a major issue. : Their additional troubles stem from the normal off-year trend to the “outs,” mistakes at the White House, and the fact that their Senate leader and whip are both in hot campaigns, with the outcome questionable. To lose either would be a severe blow; defeat of both would be a major calamity, they believe.

Anderson to Run Campaign

. SEN. CLINTON ANDERSON of New Mexico will return here next week to take over active supervision of the campaign from national Democratic Chairman Bill Boyle, who is ill. Sen. Anderson has just been named executive vice chairman -of the committee, He also is head of the party's senatorial campaign committee. The Democrats’ treasury is in good shape. So Sen. Anderson will not lack money. People on his side have shaken loose for spending this fall money some party bosses had been hoarding against a stiff fight two years hence. But money ‘heretofore spent on campaign propaganda for the Brannan plan, and for the compulsory health insurance is not expected by fhe Jpore realistic to influence many votes Nov. 7. .

COMMUNIST DOCUMENT .

The Korean War has shoved the issues that looked good prior to June 25 far into the background. 2 Democrats still peg their fondest hopes to the prospect of a clear victory in Korea by election day. Presently, at least, it appears the war will curtail campaigning by Mr. Truman. But Presidents have been known in our time to make preparedness inspection tours yield votes. Moreover, now there's TV, along with radio, available right here in Washington to take the President's face and voice into millions of living rooms. But even if Mr. Truman isn’t on the stump in person, Alben Barkley will be. The Vice President has just been scheduled for speeches in 15 states. Democrats dream of defeating Sens. Robert

. A. Taft of Ohio, Bourke B. Hickenlooper of

Iowa, Forrest Donnell of Missouri, Homer Capehart of Indiana and Eugene Millikin of Colorado, while at the same time retaining all their present seats, But the more practical will be

glad to retain control of Senate and House by

a narrow margin.

Trouble Spots DEMOCRATIC Senators {in most trouble at this point apparently are: Majority Leader Scott Lucas of Illinois, where Mr. Barkley will speak three times. Majority whip Francis Myers of Pennsylvania, whera the Vice President will speak twice.

Brien McMahon and William Benton of Con-

necticut, where Mr. Barkley will speak once.

. . By Tony Smith

Reds Link Lattimore to War

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20% American Communists are using a document they say was written for the State Department by Owen J. Lattimore to support their charge that the U. S. started the Korean War, ‘

This came to light in official documents of

the Communist Party seized in a police raid on

the party headquarters in Pittsburgh. The documents were subpenaed hy. the House Un-Ameri-can Activities Committee.

‘Guide for Writers’

THE .material contained an “outline guide for pamphlet writers, speakers and club meetings.” The guide quoted the alleged State Department memo and said it had been submitted by Mr. Lattimore. Mr. Lattimore has been called the architect of State Department policy in the Far East. He is director of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University. | The guide was prepared by the National Education Committee of the Communist Party. It was dated July 1—just after the Communist invasion of South Korea. The guide charged that “American military intervention. in Korea is aimed to prevent the

internal collapse of a regime despised and hated

by the Korean people.” .

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The passages from the alleged Lattimore memo were quoted this way: “South Korea is more of a liability than an

"| do not agree with a word that you say, ‘How Would You Feel?’

By Pauline Grass, Waverly, Ind. How would you feel if the people of this small town would come to your city and dump raw garbage and human waste in your front yard? It would make you jump up and down and pull your hair. 3 How would you feel if your small child would gag from the odor of waste coming down the river? How would you like the idea of all this waste going into a good well of water that had been tested and reportéd pure and have it tested now and the report comes back “Unfit for human consumption”? . Mr. Mayor and strikers, we want no part of your labor dispute, but be human. Would you shed any tears if people began to die from typhoid? No, I'm sure you wouldn't. Looking north from the bridge at Waverly is usually a pretty sight, but come and ‘see it now. I mean smell it. Even the snakes and turtles are leaving. You people killed all the fish years ago. . One citizen of Waverly has a good idea. That is to get all the farmers that live up and down the river to fill up their manure spreaders and spread it around the Circle, or better yet, dump

between three and five million gallons of raw -

sewage. Yours for a more stinking Indianapolis.

but | will defend to the death your right fo

art) say it." ‘Gloomy Building on Circle’

By George F. Lee, 4050 Cornelius Ave.

1 see that our modern “Alcatraz” is begin-

ning to take shape on the Circle. What an eyesore to put on the site of t Hotel.

he historic old English A solid wall of gloomy gray stone with

not a window in it. The English Hotel was

beautiful in comparison to that thing they are .

building there now. If that is the European style of architecture,

the Europeans can have all of it to themselves,

RELIEF

Relief may come in many forms . . . a few of which TY tate . .. such as the aid that's given those . . . who lose a game with fate ... the help we get when doctors take . . . an ache or pain away .. . is the relief that always helps ... to make a happy day ...and most all hava experienced . . . the feel of tender love ... derived from just a kiss or two . . . when stars shine bright above . .. the feeling of a shower on . . a hot and stuffy day . .. the unexpected gift that comes . . . when you are held at bay . ..but to my mind . .. one thing stands out ... like ears upon a mule . .. the great relief that mothers get . . . when kids go back to school. . By Ben Burroughs.

DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney | Calls for Freedom in America

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—Dear Boss—Freedom still has spokesmen in this great world capital which sometimes seems to be filled with fear. Twice within a week the tocsin for freedom was rung. Those who listened got the lift that comes from the real voice of America. Upholding the right of bail for convicted Communists until their case is finally decided by. the Supreme Court, brought from Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson an opinion pointing out that one of the things that makes America different—and better—is that the U. 8. Constitution cannot be violated to punish those in completely popular’ disfavor. Since their convictions, the 10 New York Communist leaders have been writing against the Korean War in the Communist Daily Worker. Reading such subversives admittedly is hard to take, but to deny them actions not barred by.

“But the right of every American-to equal treatment before the law is wrapped up in the same constitutional bundle with those of these Communists. If in anger or disgust with these defendants we throw out the bundle, we also cast aside protection for the liberties of more worthy critics who may be in opposition to the

“ government of some future day.” ~

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THE other call for freedom, in a world where it is in grave danger of being talked down, was contained in the farewell address of Sen. Frank P. Graham (D. N. C.), who was ds» feated for re-election because his opponents charged he had joined some Red fronts. Anyone who knew Sen. Graham during his long years as president of the. University of North Carolina, was" confident that if he had made such mistakes it was because he believed

law would be a victory for their own totalitarian * that the announced goals of such organizations

thinking, Justice Jackson pointed out.

No Phony Martyrs : WE WANT no phony Communist martyrs here, he wrote in the classic style of the great jurist. “But the very essence of constitutional freedom of press and speech is to allow more liberty than the good citizen will take,” Justice Jackson continued. “The test of its vitality is whether we will suffer and protect much that we think false, mischievous and bad, both in taste and intent.” Ee Thomas Jefferson once commented on the courts by saying that it seemed to be the province of a good jugge to constantly extend his jurisdiction. Justice Jackson éxpressed quite the contrary view: “My task would be simple,” he wrote, “if a judge were frée to order persons imprisoned

because he thinks their opinions are obnoxious, ; their motives evil and that free society would

be bettered by their absence. . “The plea of admitted Communist leaders for liberties and rights here, which they deny to all persons wherever they have seized power, is so hypocritical that it can fairly and dispassionately be judged only with effort.

were worthy. His condemnations of Communist dictators ship, especially in’ the intellectual fields, have been as devastating as anything he ever said about the Nazis or Fascists and in some instances evén more so. Thus he was condemned in Moscow for being exactly the opposite of the sort of person his political opponents were saying that he was here. de “This statement will not consist of protestations of patriotism,” Sen. Graham said in his valedictory. “Rather it will mainly be a record

__of facts, as I recall them, which tell their own

story of loyalty, in whatever presence, to the things for which America was founded and to the substance as well as to the forms of our Americanism.

‘Risked Taking Sides’ “I HAVE run the risks of taking sides in the midst of events which could not wait for certificates of safety and conformity while freedom {itself was embattled by fascism, commue nism, imperialism, privilege and monopoly oa many fronts in a fearful world. “I took sides for the freedom of the human mind, the dignity of the human being, and the autonomy of the human spirit.” :

FARM SURPLUS . . . By Earl Richert

U. S. Milk Dumped in Denmark

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—Now our government is dumping surplus dried milk in Denmark, one of the world's leading milk-producing countries. ’ That would be about the same as selling wool to Australia at cut rates. Or coffee to Brazil, if we had the coffee. +. The thrifty Danes intend to use the 44 million pounds of dried milk they're getting at a bargain price from Uncle Sam for livestock feed. Agriculture Department officials say our government can’t offer the same bargaifi here because it then would have to buy that much more

asset to the interests and policies of the United—— dried milk to hold up milk prices.

States. N “It is doubtful how long the present regime in South Korea.can be kept alive, and the mere effort to keep it alive is a bad advertisement, which continually draws attention to a band of little and inferior Chiang Kai-sheks who are the scorn of the Communists and have lost the respect of democratic and would-be democratic groups and movements throughout Asia. A “The United States should disembarrass

itself as quickly as possible of its entanglements

in Korea.”

This quotation was only a portion of the guide. Another portion referred to U.S. intervention in Korea as “murder and plunder against the people of Korea.” rc eA ®

Act of Aggression THE Communist guide also argued that: Dispatch of the U. 8. Seventh Fleet to patrol the waters between China and Formosa was a “direct act of aggression against the Chinese people's republic.” ‘ . Strengthening of the Philippine Islands by the U. S. “aims to transform the Philippines into “a decisive military base of American imperalism.”

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LEGISLATION .

True, the Congress “appropriated all that was asked for —some $30 billion—for defense purposes alone. And over $20 bilion for nondefense pur-

CONGRESS also revised the Social Security system, repealed the tax on oleo, and extended rent controls to Dec. 31, It amended the DP act and start‘ed off the Point IV program. It approved 20 out of 27 government

For these and other accomplishments, presumably, credit is due.

But a. look at the record. when Congress -

* shows. that . comes back to Washington after. the election and after Thanksgiving, it will still have plenty of unfinished business ‘before it.” To_say nothing. of

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The dried milk, some of it 18 months old, has

deteriorated too much for human use.

Price Kept Secret THE price being paid by the Danish importers is secret. If announced, say Agriculture officials, it might keep the government from getting higher prices on future sales of our heavy surplus. But an official said it was “gtrictly cut-rate.” The 44 million pounds going to: Denmark cost our government more than $5 million at an average price of 11! cents a pound— enough to pay for 22 light tanks at today's prices. . ’ In-all, our government now has $178 million 4 tied up in surplus butter, cheese and dried milk —bought to support milk prices to farmers as required by law. That $178 million would pay for 700 new jet fighter planes. ‘ Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan blames the American Farm Bureau Federation for the situation which forces our government to dump dried milk abroad for use as livestock feed. . He contends, of course, that had his farm

. By Douglas Larsen

program been enacted there would have been ne ried milk to deteriorate in government pos. session.

Little Support

HIS plan, which has recelved little support in Congress, is to let prices of ‘such perishables as milk products fall to their natural levels and pay farmers the difference between prices received and the government support price. He believes there would be no surpluses of such items, if his plan were followed. And he says it would be no more costly. "Mr; Brannan cited the dried milk sale to Denmark in a sizzling letter ‘to Farm Bureau President Allan B. Kline this week. “Your lobbying activities with the Congress and campaign of vilification and misinformation with the American farmers have been directly responsible for this,” Mr. Brannan charged. Although Mr. Brannan never has favored discontinuance of any farm price support program, some of his top aids say privately that all price supports for perishables should be dropped. -

Congress May End It »>

THEY say Congress apparently will not enact the Brannan plan and therefore it isn’t wise to keep a system which forces the government to acquire huge surpluses to be dumped abrgad at give-away prices. They think that the situation on butfep, cheese and dried milkl may become so odorous to the American public that Congress will be forced to end it, just as it has for potatoes next year. Se "2 The government now owns 184 million pounds of butter, 105 million pounds of cheese -and 318 million pounds of dried milk, not counte ing the 20,000 tons going to Denmark.

poses of general government. -

- reorganization plans. .

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any new business needs certain to arise between now and then.

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Congress, from whom all blessings flow, he is really expressing satisfaction for the political half-loaf which is better than nohe. - Here are some of the things which President Truman asked for, and which Congress did

" ‘not see fit to give him:

In the field of foreign affairs: Ratification of the International Trade Organization charter and the United

‘Nations convention on geno- .

cide; simplification of the cus-

“toms laws; establishment of a-

Foreign Affairs Service in the Department of Staite; a new munitions control act; guarantees to ‘private business for support of the Point IV ob- ¥

" » ” UNFINISHED business in

* national defense; ‘pissage of Universal, Military . Training legislation; creation of an Air Force :

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a United States civil defense’

program. - In social welfare, the President's pet plan for a compulsory health insurance plan has gone begging in Congress. -80 has: Extension of unemployment compensation benefits and payments; additional health services for school children; more aid for medical schools; more aid for local public health services; granting “of Cabinet rank and department status to the Federal. Security Administration which handles all these things,

» - » THE AID-TO-EDUCATION bill, authorizing grants to the states for primary and second-

ary education; is completely ———

stymied in a congressional

fight over inclusion of. paro-’

chial schools. This and many of the other social reform programs now look dead for the duration. And conceivably ~ they could be campaign issues

in 1952 if the war scare has

quieted down some by-then. _ That goes for the Brannan farm plan, too.

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Congress Faces Lot of Unfinished Business

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—So President Trumén says the 81st Congress gave him what he asked for—substantially. There were a few things not finished, of course, the President adds. But on the whole he is very well pleased with what was done for him by the lawmakers who are now at home for-a couple of months, attending to little mattérs of private business.

crease price support payments, additional farm legislation may be asked for when Congress retugns to meet war cone ditions. - - o ” ” IN THE FIELD of natural resources, the President's proposal for federal control over tidelands was untouched. Alsg, his. Columbia, Missouri, St. Lawrence, New England andCentral Valley development schemes were passed over. The President's special mes sage to Congress on aid to small business went largely unheeded. Other ignored re quests affecting business include: Revision of the postal rate structure; str of the antitrust laws; extension. of ' Securities and Exchange Commission regulation to some 1800 unlisted stocks; regulation of Commodity Exchange speculation. # 8 =a ea FINALLY, the President got nowhere on his Civil Rights

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